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Poetic Process Could Extend the End of Moore's Law
Planar Opto-Electronic Technology (POET) could extend the life of Moore's Law, according to POET Technologies chief scientist Geoffrey Taylor.
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A process called Planar Opto-Electronic Technology (POET), which uses gallium arsenide to create electrical, optical, and electro-optical integrated circuits, could extend the life of Moore's Law.
The technology is being developed by POET Technologies chief scientist and University of Connecticut professor Geoffrey Taylor.
The POET Platform centers on a materials system that supports monolithic fabrication of integrated circuits with active and passive optical performance analog and digital elements. Taylor says the POET process can leverage existing complementary metal-oxide semiconductor chipmaking equipment, and is compatible with existing semiconductor design and manufacturing flows.
The technology offers benefits similar to those of the first silicon integrated circuits, eliminating connectors, solder joints, assembly, and multiple packaging steps. In addition, the technology reduces size, cost, complexity, and power. Potential commercial applications include central-processing units, memory, and processor-to-processor optical interconnects.
Taylor says POET memory cells can concurrently support SRAM, DRAM, and NVRAM devices, with lower bit-error rates than silicon-based memories.
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